Backing Up Your Data Using Google Drive

Overview

This article will review how to back up your data using the Google Drive desktop application. If it is not installed, please follow this link to download the application from the web. Please reference the Admin by Request (ABR) article on how to request elevated privileges in order to run the installer file if prompted during the installation.

Uploading Your Files

  1. Open File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (MacOS) and click on the folder labeled "Google Drive."

  1. Click into My Drive and make a folder called Backups
  2. After that, drag and drop any folders or videos into your newly created Backups folder. We recommend dividing the folders according to significant file views (Documents, Downloads, Desktop).

  1. Drag and drop the files into the associated files. Connecting via ethernet will expedite the process.
  2. You can now access these files on any device you are signed into Google Drive on. More information on how to use Google Drive can be found here.
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